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authorJiri Kosina <jkosina@suse.cz>2007-11-28 16:22:03 -0800
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@woody.linux-foundation.org>2007-11-29 09:24:54 -0800
commit8853c202b4a91713dbfb4d9b6e1c87cc2aa12392 (patch)
treea6c9621d3067eebc17c2ce53fa45e7513ee832a6 /drivers/rtc/rtc-dev.c
parent08b633070ad5fa17a837428a601c32cf3db6aafd (diff)
downloadlinux-8853c202b4a91713dbfb4d9b6e1c87cc2aa12392.tar.gz
RTC: convert mutex to bitfield
RTC code is using mutex to assure exclusive access to /dev/rtc.  This is
however wrong usage, as it leaves the mutex locked when returning into
userspace, which is unacceptable.

Convert rtc->char_lock into bit operation.

Signed-off-by: Jiri Kosina <jkosina@suse.cz>
Acked-by: Alessandro Zummo <a.zummo@towertech.it>
Cc: David Brownell <david-b@pacbell.net>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/rtc/rtc-dev.c')
-rw-r--r--drivers/rtc/rtc-dev.c12
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/rtc/rtc-dev.c b/drivers/rtc/rtc-dev.c
index 814583bd2fe7..ae1bf177d625 100644
--- a/drivers/rtc/rtc-dev.c
+++ b/drivers/rtc/rtc-dev.c
@@ -26,10 +26,7 @@ static int rtc_dev_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 					struct rtc_device, char_dev);
 	const struct rtc_class_ops *ops = rtc->ops;
 
-	/* We keep the lock as long as the device is in use
-	 * and return immediately if busy
-	 */
-	if (!(mutex_trylock(&rtc->char_lock)))
+	if (test_and_set_bit(RTC_DEV_BUSY, &rtc->flags))
 		return -EBUSY;
 
 	file->private_data = rtc;
@@ -43,8 +40,8 @@ static int rtc_dev_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 		return 0;
 	}
 
-	/* something has gone wrong, release the lock */
-	mutex_unlock(&rtc->char_lock);
+	/* something has gone wrong */
+	clear_bit(RTC_DEV_BUSY, &rtc->flags);
 	return err;
 }
 
@@ -405,7 +402,7 @@ static int rtc_dev_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 	if (rtc->ops->release)
 		rtc->ops->release(rtc->dev.parent);
 
-	mutex_unlock(&rtc->char_lock);
+	clear_bit(RTC_DEV_BUSY, &rtc->flags);
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -440,7 +437,6 @@ void rtc_dev_prepare(struct rtc_device *rtc)
 
 	rtc->dev.devt = MKDEV(MAJOR(rtc_devt), rtc->id);
 
-	mutex_init(&rtc->char_lock);
 #ifdef CONFIG_RTC_INTF_DEV_UIE_EMUL
 	INIT_WORK(&rtc->uie_task, rtc_uie_task);
 	setup_timer(&rtc->uie_timer, rtc_uie_timer, (unsigned long)rtc);